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Overview

  • 8 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Japanese
  • 58, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Intergenerational Energy Work for Stress Management and M...
  • Certified Instructor of Dao Yin Qi Gong and Laughter Yoga...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Truthfulness, lovingkindness, joy and creativity!

ABOUT ME

I work with all ages doing stress release.

Many of my clients are families dealing with deployment and other issues of military life.

My fave project is Music Outreach for Musicianship and Personal Expression for a local NGO! We do self-esteem, leadership and teambuilding training for kids in a severely disadvantaged urban neighborhood.

PHILOSOPHY

Everything we experience is a mirror of some aspect of ourselves.

Every experience is an opportunity to grow and choose compassion.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Looking to host a couple of times per year, and surf a couple of times per year.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Informally I couchsurf and host often. With my extended network of family and friends, I've rarely stayed in a hotel.

Interesting experience:
I couchsurfed/camped at Acorn, an intentional community that has an organic garden and runs an heirloom seed mail order business.

They're fascinating!

Interests

Teaching Dao Yin Qi Gong for Self Healing, Yoga and Beginning Keyboard and Ukulele Classes!

Complementary and Holistic Energy Therapies (Matrix Energetics, Reiki, Yuen Method, etc), drum circles, hoopdance/hooping, yoga, qi gong, public speaking, sustainable living.

  • writing
  • yoga
  • gardening
  • music
  • business

Music, Movies, and Books

Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* ridden an elephant in Thailand

* done door to door activism in the Philippines

* done educational outreach about Repetitive Strain Injuries/Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Washington DC at an OSHA hearing

* performed taiko drumming on Sesame Street

* participated in some amazing energy work/healing sessions

Teach, Learn, Share

Self-acupressure, qi gong, energy clearing, creative writing, ukulele!, movement and rhythm exploration.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

Old School Badges

  • 2 Vouches
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